Possible to upgrade x131e screen to HD+?

I knwo from experience that ThinkPads are generally easy to work on, I've got a T510, a W530 and a little x131e on the way...
I've read on a few forums and seen pictures proving that people had upgraded their E-series and other ThinkPads that came with 1366x768 screens to 1920x1080 pretty easily. Simply replacing the screen with a higher resolution one.
What I am wondering is, would it be possible to replace the 11.6" 1366x768 screen on my x131e with an 11.6" 1600x900 screen? I realize Lenovo doesn't sell this model with that resolution, so I assume I would have to find an 11.6" screen of that resolution for another Lenovo model, or possibly an entirely different laptop.
I'll be perfectly happy with my x131e even if I can't do this, I'm just wonder, is it a pipe dream that would be a complex project, or is it feasible that I could simply find an LCD panel of that size and resolution and drop it in.
I'm comfortable disassembling laptops and replacing parts, I've done it successfully several times before. The area where I'm unsure is how much differentiation is there between laptops screen designs and do things like drivers matter? In other words, are most 11.6" screens or 15.6" screens more or less the same design, as it they'll fit in most laptops of that size and the ribbon cables and other bits will be in the right places? Or are there wide variations in design so that you need to find the right part for the model in most cases, or something very similar.
Thanks in advance if you read all that and take the time to respond.

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I'm just wonder, is it a pipe dream that would be a complex project, or is it feasible that I could simply find an LCD panel of that size and resolution and drop it in
I think it will be a complex project. While it's quite easy to replace the HD screens with FHD panels on the T/W5x0 generations, I don't think it will be so easy to do what you want for the X131e. First you need to find a 1600x900 11.6" panel at all, then if one is available, the cable needs to be compatible as well, have the same pin definition and so on...
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